http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-ravitch30jul30,0,4493353.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail From the Los Angeles Times Bill Gates, the Nation's...
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smallschools@yahoogro...
Aug 2, 2006 12:49 pm
Mike Klonsky's Small Talk Sharing some ideas about public education reform, small schools, and ed-politics in general. View Blog: ...
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North Country Times
Aug 2, 2006 4:14 pm
The Smaller Learning Communities Task Force ---- a committee of teachers, parents, district officials and community members led by Cal State University...
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Consortium on Chicago...
Consortium on Chicago...
Aug 2, 2006 4:15 pm
Small Chicago high schools improve dropout rates and attendance, but not test scores Small high school reform in Chicago is delivering on many of its promises,...
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WI
Janesville Gazette
Aug 2, 2006 4:18 pm
...the building of a bigger Lakeland School violates Americans With Disabilities Act standards that require school boards to educate children in the most...
The changes it requires are something schools across the country have embraced in the latest wave of school reform. High school reform looks at preparing...
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The Herald- Everett, ...
Aug 3, 2006 3:43 pm
To illustrate the size of a "small school," Nyland said teachers in each specialized program should be able to fit around a conference table. The Herald -...
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Lura Forcum
lura@...
Aug 3, 2006 3:43 pm
Researchers from the Consortium on Chicago School Research have released a new report that examines the performance of new small high schools as compared to...
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Chicago Public Radio
Aug 3, 2006 3:55 pm
Small Schools Have No Big Advantage Jay Field CHICAGO, IL (2006-08-02) Chicago has embraced small high schools as a way of improving the overall quality of...
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Alexander Russo's Chi...
Alexander Russo's Chi...
Aug 4, 2006 10:41 am
Chicago Public Schools Blog August 02, 2006 Mel Gibson And Small Schools The world seems full of connections and coincidences that only...
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NY TIMES
Aug 4, 2006 10:49 am
The space squeeze comes at a critical time for the city’s small-schools movement, just after an initial group of schools achieved promising graduation...
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Chicago Sun-Times
Aug 4, 2006 10:55 am
Small schools gain, but test scores don't show it Chicago Sun-Times: August 3. Students at Chicago's new small high schools show up more and drop out less, but...
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Houston Chronicle
Aug 7, 2006 11:47 am
HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com | Section: Front page Aug. 4, 2006, 11:54AM School first in area rated 'dangerous' by the state But...
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Chicago Sun-Times
Aug 7, 2006 11:47 am
Sun-Times Charter school to help grads succeed in college August 4, 2006 BY KATE N. GROSSMAN Education Reporter The 2006 graduates of Chicago's...
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IL
Quincy Herald-Whig
Aug 7, 2006 11:50 am
Among those programs is the smaller learning communities, which counselor Michael Llewellyn said "focus on seeing where there might be trouble earlier,...
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Inside Bay Area.com
Aug 7, 2006 11:52 am
Article Last Updated: 8/05/2006 02:51 AM Like Ward, Statham studied at the Broad Center for the Management of School Systems, a program founded by...
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Sarasota Herald Tribune
Aug 7, 2006 11:56 am
The district has paid a consultant $120,000 to assess the morale problem at Booker and find solutions. Booker behind on student schedules Teacher turnover,...
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Dallas Morning News
Aug 7, 2006 11:57 am
I felt as if I was teaching in a one-room school where everyone was involved and worked toward the same goal – to educate the students. After that day, I...
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EDWEEK
Aug 9, 2006 12:38 pm
When those schools reduce their dropout rates, test scores are affected because more low-performing students remain in the testing pool, he said. “You have...
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Utah
Standard-Examiner
Aug 9, 2006 12:38 pm
Some public school districts are specializing in smaller learning communities and forming magnet schools to attract students. Ogden School District's first...
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EDWEEK COMMENTARY
Aug 9, 2006 12:40 pm
The Gates Foundation’s venture-capital approach hasn’t worked very well in education because the solutions really aren’t there. Though some...
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EDWEEK
Aug 10, 2006 12:34 pm
Some of the legislation’s changes to the current law are semantic: The reauthorization replaces references to “vocational” education—a term...
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EDWEEK
Aug 10, 2006 12:35 pm
“We have enough longitudinal data that suggests that when you grant urban public schools maximum autonomy over resources in exchange for accountability, it...
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EDWEEK
Aug 10, 2006 12:36 pm
Published: August 9, 2006 Analysts Debate Long-Term Viability of EMO Model For-profit management seen as failing by some, up-and-coming by others. By Rhea...
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NY TIMES
Aug 10, 2006 12:37 pm
“I would never say public schools can’t do better,” Mr. Rothstein said. “I’d say they can’t do much better,” unless lawmakers...
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The Daily World
Aug 10, 2006 12:37 pm
Victoria Bergsagel, a former brain activity researcher and founder and president of Seattle-based Architects of Achievement, said small schools not only...
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FL
Herald Tribune
Aug 14, 2006 1:27 pm
All six high schools in Manatee County offer freshman academies. Some are located in wings of the larger high school, others are in separate buildings. There...
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District Administration
Aug 14, 2006 1:31 pm
With all due respect, the Gates Foundation needs to decide what it means by learning and stop funding competing organizations. Investing in the Met Schools and...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Aug 15, 2006 1:33 pm
Some sources of outside funding, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Broad Foundation, are withholding checks until a new plan for the...
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Miami Herald
Aug 15, 2006 1:37 pm
Reagan is the first high school to open since Ferguson Senior High in 2002. It is one of 11 Miami-Dade senior highs that will roll out Superintendent Rudy...
